# System.util.execute

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**Created:** [May 25, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute/10056 "2015-05-25T10:55:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute/10056/6 "2015-05-27T09:32:58Z")

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Hi!

The backslash is used to escape characters that would have a special meaning (\n for newline, for example).  
So, if you need an actual backslash, you would need to use two: \.

Try using something like this:

```auto
system.util.execute(["C:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe","/C","start","C:\\Users\\WengFai\\Desktop\\Test.bat"])
```

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